Data has the power to transform businesses in every industry from finance to retail to healthcare. 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day, and the volume of data is doubling each year. The low cost of sensors, ubiquitous networking, cheap processing in the cloud, and dynamic computing resources are not only increasing the volume of data, but the enterprise imperative to do something with it. Plus, not only is there more data than ever, but also more people than ever who want to w

While data is the new currency in today’s digital economy, it’s still a struggle to keep pace with the changes in enterprise data and the growing business demands for information. That’s why companies are liberating data from legacy infrastructures by moving over to the cloud to scale data-driven decision making. This ensures that their precious resource— data — is governed, trusted, managed and accessible. While businesses can agree that cloud-based technologies are key to

Data – or at least the collection, storage, protection, transfer and processing of it – has traditionally been seen as the role of a modern data-driven technical division. However, as data continues to explode in both volume and importance, it is not enough to gather huge amounts of disparate data into a data lake and expect that it will be properly consumed. With data becoming the defining factor of a business’s strategy, this valuable gold dust needs to be in the hands of the right bu

The travel industry is undergoing considerable change. According to research from Statista, international tourism has more than doubled in the last 20 years and customers now demand faster and more customized services. With access to more travel information online, holiday-makers are always connected. They learned to be autonomous through self-service and real-time recommendations and want

Those rare companies that decide to engage in hand-coding do it either because they lack the required information (they simply don't know there are packaged solutions out there) or often mistakenly believe that all a big data project takes is to feed data into a Hadoop cluster. They figure developing a dedicated on-premise infrastructure to feed and analyze big data will mean a 20 percent savings over a packaged solution. However, according to Gartner, this approach results in a 200 percent i

The day an IBM scientist invented the relational database in 1970 completely changed the nature of how we use data. For the first time, data became readily accessible to business users. Businesses began to unlock the power of data to make decisions and increase growth. Fast-forward 48 years to 2018, and all the leading companies have one thing in common: they are intensely

In 2013, the UK Government announced that it had adopted a ‘Cloud First’ policy for public sector IT. The advisory policy, which asserts a commitment to adopting cloud-based IT services ahead of other solutions, was a response to a failure from the UK public sector to tap into the flexibility, efficiency, and cost savings of cloud services. With legacy IT systems becoming a drain of public funding, which is being squeezed further year on year, Cloud First was designed to ensure that cloud

In an always-on, competitive business environment, organizations are looking to gain an edge through digital transformation. Subsequently, many companies feel a sense of urgency to transform across all areas of their enterprise—from manufacturing to business operations—in the constant pursuit of continuous innovation and process efficiency. Data is at the heart of all these digital transformation projects. It is the critical component that helps generate smarter, improved decisio

In an always-on, competitive business environment, organizations are looking to gain an edge through digital transformation. Subsequently, many companies feel a sense of urgency to transform across all areas of their enterprise—from manufacturing to business operations—in the constant pursuit of continuous innovation and process efficiency. Data is at the heart of all these digital transformation projects. It is the critical component that helps generate smarter, improved decisio